China's high wire act on failing companies

China looks ready to let more companies go to the wall as part of its economic reforms, shaking financial markets that are used to the government bailing out firms at the last minute.

China's economic slowdown takes toll on US companies

NEW YORK: It's official. China's slowdown is starting to hurt corporate America. As the world's second-largest economy - and still growing - China is seen as a primary source of revenue growth by the largest U.S. companies.

Analysis: China diners say more than economy hurting Yum's KFC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A slowdown in China's economy is not the only strain on Kentucky Fried Chicken's business in the country, where competition is getting tougher and customers are getting pickier.

US firms less optimistic, but will still invest in China: Survey

WASHINGTON: Many US companies are less optimistic about doing business in China even though sales there are still rising, and most of those firms are planning to increase investment, according to an annual survey of business executives released on Wednesday.

Luxury goods buck economic slowdown

Fuelled by surging demand in China, luxury goods makers are bucking the global economic slowdown and reaping huge profits on sales of high-end handbags, expensive jewellery and posh perfumes.

Chinese companies operating with alarming levels of debt: Study

BEIJING: Chinese companies are operating with "alarming levels" of corporate debt, even though the country's gross debt remains relatively low, according to a study by an official Chinese think tank.

China: Fast food nation. Too fast economy?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Is China's economy heading for a hard or soft landing? Well, it looks like Chinese consumers can't get enough of Diet Coke and the Colonel's famous secret recipe. That may be good news.

Investors brace for a rocky 2012

Investors face yet another year of uncertainty in 2012, but this time around, they don't appear as willing to wait to see how things will play out.